Holder for advertisements and other papers



R. NEDDO.

HOLDER FOR ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER PAPERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2,1916. RENEWED DEC. 4.1919.

' 1 $349,906, Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD NEDDO, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

HOLDER FOR ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER PAPERS.

Specification of Letters Yeteut.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed August 2, 1916, Serial No. 112,665. Renewed December 4. 1919. Serial No. 342,476.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD NEDDo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of'Norfolk and btate of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Advertisements and other Papers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for paper, especially in articles of this sort that are adapted to be combined with devices for' holding and distributing stationery. I utilize the holders, principally, in connection with hotel stationery cabinets, and particularly for receiving and displaying advertisements of any of various sorts in such way that they can be readily put in place, firmly secured, and as readily detached for the substituting of others.

Ofthe drawings Figure 1 is a perspective, showing a holder embodying my improvements, and in place on a stationery cabinet; v

V Fig. 2 is a perspective of the holder, detached;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. 4 is an edge view;

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line wm, of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of a holder.

Fig. 7 is a cross section of the supporting plate or table piece.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of another modified form having a detachable table plate adapted to be inserted in the supporting frame shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 9 is a cross section of the plate or holder shown in Fig. 8.

A indicates the holder, as an entirety, and F, a stationery cabinet or distributer upon which the holder can be placed.

The distributor B which is here ,merely illustrated typically, and for whic any other suitable supporting device can be substituted, I prefer to make in the way shown in my Patent 1,044,804, dated November 19, 1912. It is composed of a series of box-like devices 1, 2, of any suitable number for holding stationery articles, such as sheets of paper, large and small, envelops, and the like. Outward from the walls of these boxes there extend projections, such as 3, 4, on opposite sides, near one end, and near the upper corner, of each of the compartments or boxes. In the stationery cabinets which shown at 7 along the sides, and, at 8, along,

the bottom. The relative positions of the back part and of these turned flange edges are shown in section in Fig. 7. There is a slideway along the side edges which is closed upon three sides, but open on the inner side. It is stopped and closed at the lower end of the plate, but the guide grooves are open at the upper end.

If the device is to be used as a'support for sheets of paper at the time one is'writing upon them, the sheet A can be continuous or imperforate from side to side, as shown in Fig. 6. I

But if the device is to be used for the holding of advertising cards, or sheets of paper presenting advertisements, the metal. at the interior of the plate can be cut away, for economy, and for lightening the article, as shown at 9, Fig. 3; thus leaving strips or frame bars 10, 10, at the sides, and 11, 12, at the bottom and top.

Or, if desired, the plate can be made originally in the manner last described, that is to say, with the cut away center, and a supplemental slide plate can be inserted by slipping it in the guideways at 7, 7, and such detachable plate can be used as an inclined desk, or for similar purposes.

This holder plate, proper, has beneath it, two supporting devices, one indicated by 13, and the other by-14.

That at 13 comprises one or more downwardly extending elements 15, and means, at the bottom, to serve as a rest and as stops. I prefer to form these from a sheet of metal, cut to have the vertical plate 16 extending across, from side. to side, the foot plate 17 and the flanges 18. At the upper end there is a cross element 19 formed of sheet metal which may be also cut integral with the parts 16 and 17; orit can be formed separately and have the side parts 10, 10, of

the plate secured to it at 20, and have the support below secured to it at 21, as shown in Fig. i. V

The second support at M can have its parts also made from a sheet of metal, bent at necessary places. As shown, its principal element 18 a rest-and stopping device. This is formed and strengthened by means of a plate-like piece (which is secured to the lower-end ol the main frame plate) one or more plates22, anda bracing part 24. The

part or. parts 22 are provided with recesses-1 or resting places at 25 into which the pro.- jections 8, 4, on the. cabinet box can befitted. If there is on the cabinet but one projection, such as at 3, the stopping and restdeicele canhave its parts. made suihciently strong, to insure its support,-by means of onewerjcal flange platev 22. i

The manner. of utilizing the devices describe-d;v will be, readilyunderstood. If the holder A is employed. in connection with a cabinet, such as that-at B, audi or the purpose of holding advertising cards, or other analogous articles, they are put lnto place in the slide guideways, as shown in Fig. 3. Then the holder is-placed upon the cabinet box-in such way that the; rest plate 17 fits upon the top of the box cover, and the stops atlS lie .closeto the vertical sides of the box. The bottom support 14 is so placed that the rest plates. 22am fitted'to the pro- 'jections (one or more) on the box, these projections. having stop devices (such as the roller. wlieel at which prevent displace}. ment of the holder A, laterally.

In above describing my holder A, I have mentioned practically all the details which.

I, atpresent, prefer to employ in constructing it. Butit willibe understood that,.1n many respects, there can be var ations from the pre'cisedetails shown, without departing, from the essential features. The. base structure at B which I have herein presented,

illustratingthe manner of applying my invention,-can be modified as desired or another substitutedas desired.

I hat I claim is: 7

1. The herein described holder for sheets of cards or paper havinga normallyinclined frame plate with guide grooves and stops at the side edges and'bottom arranged to provide a permanently open entrance-way .at the upper end .01": the holderand to inclose andprote-ct the side. and bottom edges of theipaper, "said, holderhaving at its lower end; a relatively short vertical support projecting downward from its bottom plate and having a relatively longer downwardly proj etijng verticalv support at points remote from its. lower end, both 1 of said downwardly projecting. supports being adapted to rest 7 upoi'r and engage with a; supporting base structure and arranged" to leave the entrance to. sald guideways free, tor the insertion orwithdrawal-of papers. I

2,..The herein; described paper holder adapted for use in connection with the base structure 'substantially as set forth, said holder having an;inclined, plate for sup porting paper with guides and stops at the sides and bottom. and having at. its lower 7 end a relatively short verticallybearingsupport and late-rally acting stop devices-,said support and stop devices beingadapted :to be detachably connected .t'oa basestltucture, and. a relativelylonger vertical. support nearer the upper end with devices at the bot- 

